The electoral college is not just a remnant of our history, but is an adaptation from history that kept the anachronism of the Holy Roman Empire in existence for centuries. The electors of the Roman empire were privileged, hereditary aristocrats that attempted to hold sway over the governance of highly diverse states and principalities. As long as we keep the electoral college in place we will be in danger of being neither a republic or a democracy. Already the electoral college has handed us a president elected by the minority of voters twice in my lifetime. Let us now abolish the electoral college.

Source: The Herald June 07, 2021 13:07 UTC